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Genesi 26:21

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21 Poi cavarono un altro pozzo, e per quello ancora contesero; laonde Isacco nominò quel pozzo Sitna.

Genesi 26:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:21

And they digged another well
That is, Isaac's servants: and strove for that also;
the herdsmen of Gerar disputed their right to that also, and strove to get it from them: and he called the name of it Sitnah;
which signifies "hatred", it being out of hatred and malice to him that they gave him so much trouble; from this word Satan has his name, and these men were of a diabolical spirit, envious, spiteful, and malicious.

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Genesi 26:21 In-Context

19 E i servitori d’Isacco cavarono in quella valle, e trovarono quivi un pozzo d’acqua viva.
20 Ma i pastori di Gherar contesero co’ pastori d’Isacco, dicendo: Quest’acqua è nostra. Ed esso nominò quel pozzo Esec; perciocchè essi ne aveano mossa briga con lui.
21 Poi cavarono un altro pozzo, e per quello ancora contesero; laonde Isacco nominò quel pozzo Sitna.
22 Allora egli si tramutò di là, e cavò un altro pozzo, per lo quale non contesero; ed egli nominò quel pozzo Rehobot; e disse: Ora ci ha pure il Signore allargati, essendo noi moltiplicati in questo paese.
23 Poi di là salì in Beerseba.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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